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Bob Geraghty

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UMN alum and Professor. Virology. No activity on this account is endorsed by anyone, ever. There are no captains in baseball

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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 17h
Every bit of this hits home. If there is no financial crisis then why the proactive cuts that will certainly produce a crisis?
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Maddie Stone @themadstone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A very timely and important new paper: “How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
sciencedirect.com
How decades of corporate capture enabled today's assault on universities in the United States
Universities in the US have never been free of corporate, military, or political influence. But over the past fifty years, corporate libertarian donor…
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/09/2026
The Trump admin has decimated American science budgets, taking away life saving opportunities, and the potential for groundbreaking discoveries. This is how you destroy American innovation. apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump administration has cut or frozen $177 billion in grants across every state, analysis shows
An analysis finds that the Trump administration has cut or frozen up to $177 billion in federal grants since the president took office for his second term.
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Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
FACT: The Clash debuted "Clampdown" in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sept. 12, 1979. #rockfacts #localangle Photo taken from the front row that day by Mike Reiter #Internationalclashday
yellow tinted black and white photo with Joe Strummer singing into the mic at left and Mick Jones playing guitar behind him at right
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Joaquin Castro @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Today I reunited with Liam Conejo Ramos and his father Adrian at his school, Valley View Elementary in Minnesota. The last time I was with them, I was escorting them back home from the Dilley Trailer Prison. Liam's mom was 3 months pregnant at the time. Today, I met Liam's new brother.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/09/2026
"Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher in profound change, abstracted into a focus-group-tested campaign slogan." buff.ly/tt1slzK
mcsweeneys.net
These Exciting Progressive Candidates Who Might Lose Must Be Replaced by Boring Moderates Who Will Definitely Lose
“Yeah, we know, we’re seen as boring and old and out of touch. But we’re hungry for progress. As long as it feels scripted and familiar. We’re ready to usher...
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
💙🕯️🙏💔
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Aaron - Eat More Pie @paddle2paddle.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Important news!
youtube.com
Live Fish Cam from the State Fair
YouTube video by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy aka Milou is very excited about the drink he has found.

Viñeta de Tintin
El capitán Haddock, sentado a una mesa y con aspecto de estar agotado, dice: "¡Menuda semana, ¿eh?".
Tintín, a su derecha, le dice: "Capitán, es miércoles".
A la izquierda, Milú mira muy contento la bebida que está en la mesa.
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
RIP Dolly. All time great artist and human
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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 07/08/2026
Buying music on Bandcamp = supporting artists. Today is Bandcamp Friday! For 24 hours, we waive our revenue share, so even more of every purchase goes to the artists and labels behind the music. Go forth. The music is waiting. bit.ly/4pX3JPz
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
One of my all time favorites!
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American Society for Virology @amersocvirology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
It's an early morning start at #asv2026 today, but a beautiful time to take a stroll thru Scholar's Walk!
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Morning Bluesky This is correct, by Paul Krugman: “1.2 million Americans died from Covid — a number that would have been much lower if MAGA misinformation hadn’t caused so many people to refuse vaccination” See: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... 1/2 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/reality-is...
paulkrugman.substack.com
Reality is a Communist Plot
Of MAGA and the totalitarian mindset
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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Batman (TV Series 1966–1968) Theme music composed by Neal Hefti
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Jimmy Lonetti @djgloverepair.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Reminder: Highland Water Tower in St. Paul is open today (it usually opens for two weekends every year). Not sure if the smoke has cleared enough to easily see the Minneapolis skyline and the airport.
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
This, from food safety attorney Bill Marler, is so much better than anything I've seen from the FDA.
marlerblog.com
Taylor Farms Posted Its Own Recall. It Went to 27 States, Not 5 — and the List Includes Bags Sold in Grocery Stores.
Taylor Farms has posted a recall notice on its own website. As of this morning it is still not on FDA's recalls page, which means the only
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Rebecca Thompson 🦋 @rebalynn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
(Originally released 1980) From The Clash official website: "This song confronted the issue of conscription into the armed forces, a threat which remained in America following the Vietnam War." ##MusicSky youtu.be/v0V6PTBFYws?...
youtu.be
The Call Up (Remastered)
YouTube video by The Clash - Topic
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Born on this day in 1606, in Leiden, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. Painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and extraordinary at them all. One of the true greats of my or any century. Here by himself in 1629.
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Backyard. #wildflowerhour
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/07/2026
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte "You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
The members of Brass Solidarity come from a variety of musical backgrounds and are united in their dedication to using their talents to promote social justice and bring people together. Minnesota love and community is stronger than ever 🫶
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Mike Levin @mikelevin.org · 22/06/2026
The Trump administration just paid Invenergy $765 million to cancel four wind projects. That brings the running total to roughly $2.5 billion in taxpayer money spent to stop energy from being built. Think about that. At a time when electricity demand is rising,
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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
For the millionth time, Rick Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA when they perpetrated a $1.7B Medicare and Medicaid fraud over billing and kickback scheme. He was the private sector grifter at massive scale. He’s the fox in the henhouse.
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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"And Marx is claiming he was offsides." youtu.be/PjV9eZzNs2g?...
youtu.be
Monty Python's World Cup Team of Philosophers
YouTube video by Lonnie Goldman
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Kurbs @kkurbs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Please Use AI
PLEASE USE AI
Shawn Smucker
Be sure to use Al when making your next, I don't know, meal plan, for example. Definitely do not call your friend who loves to cook and ask her for her favorite recipes or tips or ways to save time making meals, because you will end
up talking for longer than you had hoped, hearing, perhaps, about her father's cancer diagnosis or how lonely she's been or even what she's planted in her spring garden and then lost with the early frost.
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Flaming Hydra @flaminghydra.com · 09/06/2026
TODAY: @ilanaslightly.bsky.social on the worlds and politics of Terry Pratchett, who was, by the way, "passionately anti-authoritarian, and a humanist, whose values shine through every book." flaminghydra.com/i-too-am-beg...
flaminghydra.com
I, Too, Am Begging You to Read Terry Pratchett
Ankh-Morpork, the beautifully chaotic city-state where many of the late Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld novels take place, has a beggars’ guild. It’s basically a protection racket: if you don’t wa...
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Abby Sliva @abbysliva.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Thank you so much to @wtevs.bsky.social for letting me write about my BASKETBALL FEELINGS 💚💙
substack.com
Exits: Silence is not enough
In a brittle, cruel winter, Minnesotans showed up for each other. The Timberwolves stayed out of it.
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I understand I am out of touch, but can’t we just skip the tagline thing?
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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If you want to see the best possible pro-business outcome for Lyndale Avenue, go there this weekend. www.ourstreetsmn.org/event/open-s...
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Open Streets Lyndale
Mark your calendar and join us in a celebration of community, where we're closing Lyndale Ave S to car traffic, allowing people to walk, bike, roll, and connect with their neighbors and local business...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 29/05/2026
The White House today announced it plans to make major changes in how the U.S. government manages research funding. scim.ag/43HgW4s
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White House seeks to tighten political oversight of grantmaking
Sweeping proposed rule, now open for comments, would also restrict foreign collaborations and remove federal funding for open-access fees
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
As if to underscore Derek's point, less than 24 hours after he published this column, the situation got far worse with OMB's new proposed rule that would eviscerate federal funding entirely. No science would proceed but what the Trump admin wants:
elizabethginexi.substack.com
Summary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule
Russell Vought is going destroy American Science
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Derek Lowe @dereklowe.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An unapologetically angry post about what’s being done to US science:
science.org
The Current Crisis: What's Happening to Science in America
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Fantastic band and album!
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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Moment of silence before the Lynx game for Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Some Fuck Ice yells after.
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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
How unprepared US has become: States cannot send samples to the CDC for orthopoxvirus testing – like mpox – because that division has been temporarily paused. labs can no longer test for leishmaniasis. rabies testing at the CDC was also temporarily halted. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Hantavirus misinformation runs rampant as the US is unequipped to respond to infectious disease health scare
But the US’s withdrawal from the WHO – and cuts to the country’s health system – stymie officials’ response
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A+ no notes
On Threads:

NBC news:

Kyle Rittenhouse, who gained fame for opening fire at a 2020 civil rights rally in Wisconsin, was hospitalized after he was bitten by a venomous spider, the noted firearms enthusiast says.

chrispanatier:

Does the spider have a GoFundMe
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My Father’s Daughter @aninsggirb.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Democracy will not come
Today, this year
  Nor ever
Through compromise and fear.

I have as much right
As the other fellow has
 To stand
On my two feet
And own the land.

I tire so of hearing people say,
Let things take their course.
Tomorrow is another day.
I do not need my freedom when I'm dead.
I cannot live on tomorrow's bread.

     Freedom
     Is a strong seed
     Planted
     In a great need.

     I live here, too.
     I want freedom
     Just as you.

Langston Hughes
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/05/2026
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We decided to illustrate it.
projects.propublica.org
The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Best radio station in the Twin Cities
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
When Trump pulled out of the international nuclear agreement with Tehran in 2018, Iran lacked even a single bomb's worth of uranium. Since then, it accumulated 22,000 pounds of enriched uranium. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
nytimes.com
How Iran Accumulated 11 Tons of Enriched Uranium
Two months after the United States began a war meant to prevent Iran from ever building an atomic bomb, the fate of its stockpile of enriched uranium remains a mystery.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 30/04/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life.
rollingstone.com
Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life
Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story
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D. Earl Stephens @dearlstephens.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.
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Honey Biffket @b1ffy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This is the definition of “long shot” but I have to try. Our dog Lucy wandered off tonight around 6 pm in northeast Rochester, MN and we haven’t been able to find her. If you or someone you know are in Rochester, please ask them to keep an eye out…DM me for contract info.
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Snowed a touch last night but did not bother these beauties
Grape hyacinth. Clusters of tiny blue beads that look like grapes on short green grass-like stalks
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock.
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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Very good (if tragic) story from the Washington Post [GIft Link] wapo.st/3OONwh6 1/8
wapo.st
For U.S. medical researchers, shrinking labs and bare budgets are the new reality
The Trump administration has slashed the number of grants from the National Institutes of Health, with far fewer focused on women, cancer and mental health.
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What a week, huh? all Wednesdays @whataweekhuh.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Captain Haddock looking very frazzled, saying, “What a week, huh?”
Tintin leans into the frame and says, “Captain, it’s Wednesday.”
Snowy aka Milou is very excited about the drink he has found.

Viñeta de Tintin
El capitán Haddock, sentado a una mesa y con aspecto de estar agotado, dice: "¡Menuda semana, ¿eh?".
Tintín, a su derecha, le dice: "Capitán, es miércoles".
A la izquierda, Milú mira muy contento la bebida que está en la mesa.
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Bob Geraghty @vulgeraghty.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Robyn Hitchcock at the Turf Club last night. Great show
Robyn Hitchcock on stage at the Turf club. He is wearing a polka dotted shirt and playing a matching guitarRobyn Hitchcock playing at the Turf Club as seen in a picture of the mirror above the bar
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Steve Benen @stevebenen.com · 07/04/2026
After Trump wrote, in reference to Iran, “A whole civilization will die tonight,” the entirety of the House Democratic leadership issued this joint statement:
Donald Trump is completely unhinged. His statement threatening to eradicate an entire civilization shocks the conscience and requires a decisive congressional response. The House must come back into session immediately and vote to end this reckless war of choice in the Middle East before Donald Trump plunges our country into World War III.

For years, Republicans have enabled and excused Donald Trump’s deeply dangerous and extreme behavior. Enough is enough. Our brave men and women in uniform have been put into harm’s way in the Middle East. Over a dozen have already been killed and hundreds injured. Gas prices are skyrocketing, the cost of living in America is out of control and billions of taxpayer dollars are being wasted on a reckless war of choice.

It’s time for House Republicans to put patriotic duty over party loyalty and join Democrats in stopping this madness.
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